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The VCL does not natively support XP at all yet.  The closest you can come
with it, without resorting to making all of the new API calls yourself
manually, is to just include a manifest file with your application, as per
this article:

Using Windows XP Visual Styles
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/userex/coo
kbook.asp

However, there are a few known quirks with using manifests with the existing
VCL (such as drawing problems inside TListView, for example).  Otherwise,
have a look at TThemeManager as an alternative:

http://www.lischke-online.de/ThemeManager.php


Gambit

"Ellis" <safariparty@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e7c812c@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I was wondering how can my application use the new
> control of Windows XP like the push button or the
> progress bar ?  I'm running Windows XP Pro and
> compiling with BCB6 Enterprise.

Ellis wrote:

> I was wondering how can my application use the new control of Windows XP
> like the push button or the progress bar ?  I'm running Windows XP Pro and
> compiling with BCB6 Enterprise.

First, BCB has no support for XP! This means that the following may work 
or not, depending of what control you're using in your application. If 
you want your controls to look like the XP controls, you have to tell 
Windows to use the new comctrls 6.0 by including a manifest as part of 
your resource application or to distribute a manifest file with your 
application. The manifest must be of the following form (change the 
"The_name_of_your_application" with whatever you want):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
	<assemblyIdentity
		version="1.0.0.0"
		processorArchitecture="X86"
		name="The_name_of_your_application"
		type="win32"/>
	
	<dependency>
		<dependentAssembly>
			<assemblyIdentity
				type="win32"
				name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
				version="6.0.0.0"
				processorArchitecture="X86"
				publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
				language="*"/>
		</dependentAssembly>
	</dependency>
</assembly>

First way to use that manifest:
Put this in a file called your_app.exe.manifest and distribute it with 
your app. That's all. Windows checks if a manifest file exists when you 
launch an application.

The second way is to include this manifest directly in the resource of 
your app:

Put the manifest above in a file, say your_app.manifest.
Create a .rc file containing this line:
	1 24 "your_app.manifest"
Compile and link your resource with your application.

Be aware that, as BCB has no support yet for XP, using a manifest file 
works for some controls but not for others. No problem with buttons, 
check boxes, radio buttons...but Listviews or treeviews are unusable. 
The only way to know if it works fine is to test your app with the manifest.


HTH
Michel
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